Just curious. I have a chance to buy the below handguns. Do you think this single shot derringer is also a stevens model 41? I'm not hijacking the thread I'm just stunned that a similar pistol showed up at TFL. The one in my picture appears to be missing the front sight

I would seriously think about choking your neighbor for a few minutes unless you give him the go ahead.

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I really think this might be a stevens 41 as well. Does it happen to be worth anything? The top gun is a hi standard sentinel 22 mag which I found out is relatively rare. Then theres a H and R defender 38 S&W.

The British Bulldog doesn't appear to be a Webley. If it is it will be marked P. Webley & Son or other Webley signature on top of the barrel. Or on the left side of the frame marked with the "winged bullet" of Webley and Scott. Bulldogs were made by many Belgian copiers and I believe H&R made some too. I also concur with the others that the other pistol is a Stevens Tipup.

The Defender, if you look at the grips, should say "Defender 89", and I believe it will be stamped on the top of the barrel also.
They were made by Iver Johnson, and sold in the Sears, and Roebuck catalogs.
Yours looks like it would be .32 caliber. And that means .32 Rimfire. So Black Powder ONLY !!
Appox value $35.00 maybe, because of condition.
They were aslo made in .22.

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They were made by Iver Johnson, and sold in the Sears, and Roebuck catalogs.
Yours looks like it would be .32 caliber. And that means .32 Rimfire. So Black Powder ONLY !!

The defender is marked 38 S&W so its center fire. The guy told me its also marked H&R so its actually not Iver Johnson. My questions concerned the small single shot pistol, not anything with the defender. I personally think the defender is worth about $150 or so. The condition is very good to excellent so I don't know what you meant by condition?

I am new to both TFL and guns so I can't add to the responses that have already been posted. But I just noticed that you have a 10 Lira note! Additionally the note is in very good condition and is a collectors item. You might get $5 for the note, maybe more.

"The top gun is a hi standard sentinel 22 mag which I found out is relatively rare."

i have the same model sentinel with both the 22 and 22 mag cylinders. it is a great gun although i didn't know they were kinda rare. mine is in great shape maybe i should put it away, i think i even have the original box and paperwork

i have the same model sentinel with both the 22 and 22 mag cylinders. it is a great gun although i didn't know they were kinda rare. mine is in great shape maybe i should put it away, i think i even have the original box and paperwork

I've read a lot of posts about people looking for them and I myself have never come across one in real life or on a auction website until I found this guy that has one in my neck of the woods.

Saying you don't mean to hi-jack a thread and fully doing so is akin to saying "no offense but..." then saying something blatantly offensive...
It is cool you are looking to buy a similar gun but the benefactor of this fine site has no qualms if you start your own thread and let folks respond to you. Heck, I am still confused trying to figure out who is replying to the OP and who is speaking of winchester_73's question.
Brent

Winchester 73, unless this thread went over my head, the op's picture in his thread shows four handguns. The revolver in the upper right corner seems to be a Defender 89. I wasn't referring to the pistols you had in your post.

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Thanks for the help and the replies! I tried to take a couple of better pictures as I promised. I'll try to keep them in order. Their was a post about the military script and I know this is not the right forum but I found a bunch of strange looking coins along with the ammo. I knew he got shot down in Italy (gunner on B52) during the war so maybe he picked them up then. Well thanks again.

RE: The American Bulldog revolver.
In the late 1800's and early 1900's, mystery writer Arthur Conan Doyle started his series of the classic Sherlock Holmes detective novels, which popularized a British revolver, the Webley - one model of which was called the Bulldog.

At that time, British revolvers scarce and expensive in the US, some American entrepreneurs started to make an inexpensive revolver reminiscent of the British guns, and marked them similarly to yours.
Forehand & Wadsworth was one of those firms - and that is what you have, a F&H "American Bulldog"

The other side pics are great, but the best info is in clear pics of the markings.

On one of the other revolvers, I could only make out (marked on the barrel top/rib) that it was made by "(?) & Co, Chicopee Falls, Mass, Pat'd Pending 1864" - which makes me think "Joshua Stevens", since most of his patents were from that year, IIRC.
Can you please tell us exactly what the wording on that revolver is ?

Nice group of guns paulie. I'm sorry I "blatantly" hijacked the thread. I was trying to get a side by side comparison with the stevens you pictured. Of course I could have started a thread but I felt it would be silly to have a thread referencing the other pic but at least hodogs would not have had to scold me. To be honest, I was kind of excited I saw a pic of a similar gun to the one I'm trying to get cause I didn't know at all what it was.

Thank you for your response and your time all. In regards to the print on the barrel I'll try to type it for you but these old eyes have seen better days and the print is so small, I'm tempted to use some steel wool to clean it up but another post told me not to.

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